Why do these phones still have USB 2.0?

Also, wtf is the “AI Button” jesus christ is that at least re-programmable?

Our research shows that phone scammers often try to trick people into performing specific actions to initiate a scam, like changing default device security settings or granting elevated permissions to an app. These actions can result in spying, fraud, and other abuse by giving an attacker deeper access to your device and data. To combat phone scammers, we’re working to block specific actions and warn you of these sophisticated attempts. This happens completely on device and is applied only with conversations with non-contacts.

Android’s new in-call protections1 provide an additional layer of defense, preventing you from taking risky security actions during a call like:

• Disabling Google Play Protect, Android’s built-in security protection, that is on by default and continuously scans for malicious app behavior, no matter the download source.
• Sideloading an app for the first time from a web browser, messaging app or other source – which may not have been vetted for security and privacy by Google.
• Granting accessibility permissions, which can give a newly downloaded malicious app access to gain control over the user’s device and steal sensitive/private data, like banking information.

Bruh, if you are falling for simple stuff like a stanger telling you to chance settings over a phone call, you’re cooked.

No “protection” can save you.

That’s good, until you have family members that need to contact you for something.

And worse case scenario, you won’t be there for a loved one and make important medical decisions as their next-of-kin.

That’s the whole point of a phone, to act as a communications device.

I think the only solutions to this is bringing back the pagers. With the Standard Operating Procedure be having airplane mode on all the time, with a receive-only device that will alert you if someone want to contact you.

Google is not the only thing you have to worry about. Your phone carrier can also have erroneous location data.

I read this more of a cops being shitty story.

If you don’t have location turned off and all cell radios off all the time, you are also at risk.

Misinformation.

FRP is triggered by factory reset through any method that’s not from the settings menu (eg: Recovery Menu).

It doesn’t require “spyware” to work.

Google’s spyware issue is a whole separate topic from FRP.

If they wanted to, the developers of Graphene OS could design a FRP system that has nothing to do with Google at all.

I actually like the idea of anti-theft FRP, but only if its a local-based instead of cloud based.

You know, like a BIOS/UEFI lock on a computer, but apply it to all the components instead of motherboard only, and get rid of the “remove battery to reset password” bypass, and its a functional anti-theft system.

I imagine its probably much easier to acomplish this on a intergrated device with CPU, Storage, RAM, all on one chip (SoC) like on a phone than with computers.

Unfortunately, corporations always just love to interject and add their “cloud” nonsense to it.

Doesn’t do much.

Only your carrier would honor it, maybe even all carriers in your country, but they’ll ship it off to some other country and the phone would still work (might be missing a few bands, but still fuctional).

The only way for it to actually deter theft is for the entire device to essentially become a brick unless unlocked.

The idea itself is a good thing. The only bad thing about FRP is that it’s online-based instead of a local-lock.

Is that Youtube comments?

Lol, if you are just realizing this, I think you are late to the party buddy.

Youtube has been filled with extremist comments for a while, like at least a decade now.

Aluminum Foil has joined the chat.

256GB and MicroSD card slot (usually its either 128GB with SD card slot, or higher storage, but without the card slot). This is best of both world. Basically the perfect phone unless you need flagship-level processing power or cameras.

Laptop manufacturers are also looking to move away from windows to a linux bases operating system.

Redstar OS it is 😉

I’m worried about Chinese mobile OSes intentionally designed to make it difficult for VPN apps to work, and companies would just give up trying to design a separate app for the Chinese market, which reinforces a tighter grip on censorship.

Not to mention, all the other FOSS tools that would no longer work if they make android .apks incompatible, including a lot of encryption apps.

If you cant even convince enough people to fill out a ballot, you wouldn’t be able to convince enough people risk their lives in a revolt.